Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots follows the swashbuckling cat long before he crossed paths with Shrek. Raised in an orphanage, he once dreamed with his friend Humpty Dumpty of finding the magic beans and the goose that lays golden eggs. After a falling out, the cat became an outlaw, and years later Humpty reappears with a plan to steal the beans from the bandits Jack and Jill. A thief named Kitty Softpaws joins them, and the adventure could restore the cat's good name in his hometown.

Chris Miller directed the film, his second animated feature after Shrek the Third and before Smurfs. Tom Wheeler wrote the screenplay, and Latifa Ouaou and Joe M. Aguilar produced it for DreamWorks Animation and Paramount. Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of Puss, with Salma Hayek Pinault as Kitty Softpaws, Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Dumpty, and Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris as Jack and Jill.

Released in 2011, the film runs 90 minutes. Its budget of 130 million USD was more than covered by a worldwide box office of 555 million USD, a strong return for a spin-off. Ratings sit in modest territory: 6.6/10 on IMDb from 210,000 votes and 6.6/10 on TMDB from 4,755 votes, while a critics' rating of 6.8/10 from 151 reviews places reviewers slightly above the general audience.